The White Rose
By: Caileb Owens
Backround
The White Rose, founded in 1942, was an anti-Natzi group of students and professors from the German University of Munich. It was created by Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Cristoph Probst. The White Rose created leaflets that disregarded the Natzi party and even created grafitti on university walls and the surrounding enviorment. Eventually, the White Rose leaders were caught distributing leaflets by a janitor who turned them in to the Natzi police force. The White Rose, in total, lasted two years, from 1942-1943.
The People
The people who founded The White Rose where students from the University of Munich. Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst were the people who founded The White Rose in 1942. Once the White Rose grew large enough to become a large group, it actually spread out to surrounding schools,like The Universities of Hamburg, Freiburg, Berlin, and Vienna.
What The White Rose Did
The White Rose was a non-violent group of anti-Natzi explained the evils of the Natzi party to the people of Germany. They explained by creating well written leaflets that exploited the Natzi party's wrongdoings. These leaflets were distributed throughout the University of Munich (and later on, a number of other schools) and even sent to random addresses. The White Rose also created grafitti, like "Down With Hitler", and "Freiheit" (Freedom), on surrounding enviorment.
The Dispatchment of the White Rose
Once the White Rose's leaders were caught and turned in to the Natzi police force, the trio of founders were sentenced to execution for treason. They were held in separate cells for four days, and after final encounters with loved ones, they were gone. After the deaths of Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, others like Alex Schmorell, Willi Eraf, and Kurt Huber were exploited and ultimately executed for their part taken in the White Rose.
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